Someone out there is going to be filthy rich or is going to kick themself, perhaps 50 million times.

With time running out on the ticket’s expiration date – a little more than a month before the Nov. 30 deadline – that lucky $50-million ticket is out there somewhere, just waiting to make someone’s bank account runneth over. If it expires, it will be the largest unclaimed prize in Canadian history.

“So far no one has come forward to claim the prize yet,” confirmed Tony Bitonti, senior manager of media relations at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission.

Little information is known regarding the whereabouts of the winning ticket holder, other than the fact that the ticket was purchased in Cambridge. The unclaimed prize money notice stands out from a list of unclaimed prizes on the OLG’s website. The other unclaimed prizes listings pale in comparison, ranging from $6,000 to $311,000.

As part of the OLG’s outreach strategy to seek out winners of unclaimed prize money, Bitonti said the corporation plans to launch a publicity campaign starting in November to track down the ticket holder.

For more information about claiming a winning ticket prize, visit the OLG’s website at www.olg.ca.